Moon Math

Let's see...

Have I got this right? Mathematics never was my strong point...

Cost of Apollo program: $25.4 billion

Amount of moon material brought back by Apollo program: 381.7 kg

25,400,000,000 / 381,700

Works out to about $60,540 spent per gram of moon brought back, no?


Going rate for Apollo moon rock on open market: almost $5million per gram

So if that value held, NASA would have a stockpile of moon with an estimated street value of some $19085 Billion...

(Yes yes, scarcity; I know that if there was more on the market the price would go down... I was just pondering...)